keith1942

Film lover, Marxist and regular dog walker.

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The Global Film Book Blog

Ciao Ciao (France-China 2017) November 20, 2018
Ciao Ciao is the latest DVD release from Matchbox Films and a welcome surprise. Matchbox Films pick up a diverse range of films, but not usually a film like this which comes with the support of a Cannes Cinéfondation ‘Atelier’ tag and both a World Cinema Support Fund and CNC credit. Screened at the Berlinale in … Continue reading Ciao Ciao (France-China 2017 […]
Spike Lee Joint 3: Four Little Girls (US 1997) November 7, 2018
I’ve been prompted by shootings of African-Americans in far too many incidents over the last few years to dig out some notes I used in 2003. The crime investigated in Four Little Girls, the Spike Lee documentary, is also alluded to in Selma, the 2014 film about Martin Luther King. I thought that Spike Lee had … Continue reading Spike Lee Joint 3: Four Little […]
The Girl Who Kicked in the Hornet’s Nest (Luftslottet som sprängdes, Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009) October 4, 2018
(I discovered this in a pile of unpublished posts. I’m posting it now as a tribute to Mikael Nykvist who died ridiculously young (of lung cancer) at 56 in June 2017. I also note that a second ‘follow up’ title in the Millennium series by David Lagercrantz has been published in the UK and that Sony … Continue reading The Girl Who Kicked in the Hornet’s Nest ( […]
Purple Butterfly (Zi hudie, China-France 2003) September 25, 2018
MUBI has recently included several films by the Chinese auteur Lou Ye as part of its rolling monthly programme. They titled their mini-season of Lou’s films ‘Freedom and Defiance: The Cinema of Lou Ye’. Lou Ye (born 1965) made his first features in China in 1994 and 1995, but it was not until 2000 that … Continue reading Purple Butterfly (Zi hudie, China-Fr […]
Under the Tree (Undir trénu, Iceland-Poland-Denmark 2017) August 21, 2018
At first, I was under the misapprehension that Under the Tree was a follow-up to Rams (2015), the Icelandic film that became a surprise arthouse hit in the UK in 2016. I was wrong. Under the Tree is a different writing and directing team. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson wrote and directed the film with Huldar Breiðfjörð as … Continue reading Under the Tree (Undi […]
The Bridges of Sarajevo (France-Bosnia-Herzogovina-Germany-Italy-Switz-Portugal-Bulgaria 2014) July 25, 2018
This compendium/portmanteau film features the work of 13 European directors who were asked to represent aspects of Sarajevo’s turbulent history. The film was completed for the centenary of the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which triggered the First World War. Since then the city, which had been in Austrian-Hungarian control since 1978 after […]

Media Student’s Book Blog

Balancing left and right
The Labour leadership election appears to have got the UK press and broadcasting media in a real tizz. One of the most aggravating aspects of the reporting is the constant appendage of ‘left-wing’ to any reference to Jeremy Corbyn. He is … Continue reading →
Defining the other
The 10th anniversary of the ‘7/7 bombings’ in 2005 in London saw a range of remembrance events across the UK. These resulted in a great deal of media coverage. One BBC radio reporter referred to the four young bombers and … Continue reading →
Getting the balance right
The local elections in England last week produced two examples of quandaries for broadcasters. The big story for the BBC and other commentators was the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), led by a curiously charismatic Nigel Farage. UKIP are … Continue reading →
Welsh TV noir: Hinterland (UK 2013)
Hinterland is a good example of the global/local. Like some other modern states the UK has statutory requirements and cultural policies that protect the other languages in the Home Nations and this means support for both Welsh and Gaelic broadcasters … Continue reading →

Cineuropa

Interview: Ruben Östlund • Director - "European cinema culture needs to reviving" - Les Arcs 2018
Swedish director, Ruben Östlund, jury president at the10th Les Arcs Film Festival, talks European cinema, platforms and his latest project, The Triangle of Sadness
The European Film Market bolsters its well-established leading position - Berlin 2019 – Market
The Berlinale’s industry programme is one of the market’s trendsetters and the first important meeting point of the year; it is already fully booked for its 2019 edition
Review: That Time of Year - Les Arcs 2018
Denmark's Paprika Steen directs and stars in a very effective bittersweet family comedy on the universal theme of celebrating Christmas
The nominees for the Lumières Awards unveiled - Awards – France
In Safe Hands, The Sisters Brothers, Amanda, Guy and Mademoiselle de Joncquières will lock horns for the Best Film Award
Interview: Jeffrey Chan • Producer and distributor, Bona Film Group - “Successful films tell stories that the Chinese audience can relate to”
Bridging the Dragon met up with Jeffrey Chan, executive vice-president of Bona Film Group, one of the leading distribution and production companies in China
Filming to start in late January for Lisa Redler by Nicole Garcia - Production – France
Pierre Niney, Stacy Martin and Benoît Magimel topline the director’s new film, which is being produced by Les Films Pelléas and will be sold by FTD
Europe warms to Cold War at the EFAs - European Film Awards 2018
Pawel Pawlikowski has won out over his rivals at the European Film Academy’s awards ceremony, as he did previously with Ida
Interview: Ulla Simonen • Producer of A Girl’s Room - "We can all relate to friendships turning into something completely different from what they were initially" - Black Nights 2018 – Industry
We chatted to producer Ulla Simonen, of Finnish outfit MADE, to find out more about A Girl’s Room, the winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award in Tallinn

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